This work draws upon William Blake's Urizen in its phrase "stony sleep," and notes the drowning of "the ceremony of innocence" and the "blood-dimmed tide." This poem describes a "shape with lion body ... moving its slow thighs," arising from "Spiritus Mundi," that "Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born." This poem laments that the "falcon cannot hear the falconer," and opens with the image of "turning in the widening gyre" before asserting that "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold." For 10 points, name this poem by William Butler Yeats named for the return of Jes
This work draws upon William Blake's Urizen in its phrase "stony sleep," and notes the drowning of "the ceremony of innocence" and the "blood-dimmed tide." This poem describes a "shape with lion body ... moving its slow thighs," arising from "Spiritus Mundi," that "Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born." This poem laments that the "falcon cannot hear the falconer," and opens with the image of "turning in the widening gyre" before asserting that "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold." For 10 points, name this poem by William Butler Yeats named for the return of Jesus Christ.
This work draws upon William Blake's Urizen in its phrase "stony sleep," and notes the drowning of "the ceremony of innocence" and the "blood-dimmed tide.
“The {Second Coming}”